The branch of Caixa de Crédito Agrícola in Monte do Trigo, in the Portel municipality, District of Évora, was robbed this Friday by two men, who were armed and then fled, revelou a GNR.
The source from the GNR Territorial Command of Évora indicated that the men entered, cerca the 15.30, in bank dependency, located on Rua de Évora, in the center of the town.
“The employee who was at the agency went out into the street asking for help and the men fled in a car”, forward.
The same source said, citing instructions given by the bank employee, what, if the robbers “took anything, It was a ridiculous amount”.
A source from Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo do Alentejo Central highlighted that the amount that may have been taken by the robbers is still being determined..
The two men allegedly threatened the bank employee, who said he saw one of them with a gun, said.
The Judiciary Police were called to the scene and are investigating the case..
Identical Modus Operandi in robberies in Castro Verde and Cabeça Gorda
On 18 September 2024, two armed men robbed the Santander branch in Castro Verde, no Beja district. They will have taken 80 a 100 thousand euros.
One month later, in 24 October, again, two armed men robbed, the banking dependency of Caixa Agrícola, in Gorda (na photos), Beja. The duo knocked on the bank door and, after forcing entry, kidnapped the employee while robbing the space. The amount the thieves took was not revealed..
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
